The Influence of Patient Characteristics on Anticholinergic Events in Older People

The Influence of Patient Characteristics on Anticholinergic Events in Older People

Aims: To examine patient characteristics that predict adverse anticholinergic-type events in older people. Methods: This retrospective population-level study included 2,248 hospitalised patients. Individual data on medicines that are commonly associated with anticholinergic events (delirium, constip...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Saji Salahudeen, Prasad S. Nishtala, Stephen B. Duffull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-01-01
Series:Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Subjects:
Anticholinergic events
Risk factors
Adverse events
Elderly
Older people
Antimuscarinic response
Anticholinergic burden
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/441718

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